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United States Patent | 6,231,588 |
Zadno-Azizi | May 15, 2001 |
A low profile device for simultaneous angioplasty and occlusion includes an angioplasty balloon and an occlusion element which adjoin a common catheter. The occlusion element may be either self-expanding (in which case it is deployed with a sheath that surrounds the catheter) or non-self-expanding (in which case it is deployed with a pull wire that passes through the catheter). The angioplasty balloon is inflated with fluid that either passes through the catheter or a separate tube (or lumen) that adjoins the catheter.
Inventors: | Zadno-Azizi; Gholam-Reza (Newark, CA) |
Assignee: | Percusurge, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 128852 |
Filed: | August 4, 1998 |
Current U.S. Class: | 606/200; 604/99.02; 606/159; 606/194 |
Intern'l Class: | A61M 029/00 |
Field of Search: | 606/1,110,113,114,127,128,159,167,171,191-200 604/93.01,99.02,99.011,101.01,101.05,102.01 |
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